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how is that bad for the economy? >> now, when you talk about default and we could go down that road, you visit with people in the social security administration every day. >> yes. >> put a face and an emotion to what it will do to people if we go to default. with the direct people you work with, james. >> if you and i don't pay our credit cards, the interest rate goes up. that's the same thing that's going to happen here. people are going to get hit over and over again. when people are applying for disability, they're hurting off. they're on the verge of bankruptcy and going to lose their house. it's going to be a bad situation all around. >> all right. this is what you get for tweeting "the ed show." all right? i appreciate you doing it very much. >> i appreciate you having me. >> it's great to hear your story. it's important to hear your story and i appreciate it very much. james macdonald, thanks for joining us tonight. that's "the ed show." "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening
how is that bad for the economy? >> now, when you talk about default and we could go down that road, you visit with people in the social security administration every day. >> yes. >> put a face and an emotion to what it will do to people if we go to default. with the direct people you work with, james. >> if you and i don't pay our credit cards, the interest rate goes up. that's the same thing that's going to happen here. people are going to get hit over and over again....
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he got health care passed and fixed the economy. he has the economy on the right track. the gun issue was not a big deal with him in the beginning. gale marriage was not a big issue, but they have become centerpieces, that's the period he's in at this point. republicans are cooperating to the degree that they appeared to be disorganized enough that he appears to be right on track. >> you know, on that point, in terms of the economy, victoria, the president talking about the budget last week, he said something that the gop just jumped all over. the president said, and i'm quoting him, we don't have an immediate crisis in terms of debt, and the republicans and the right wing went bananas. but then mr. boehner and ryan, of course, agree with him. watch this. >> we do not have an immediate debt crisis, but we all know that we have one looming. >> we do not have a debt crisis right now, but we see it coming. we know it's irrefeetably happeningivities they say the president shouldn't have said it, now you have boehner and ryan saying it, about you if both say we don't have an
he got health care passed and fixed the economy. he has the economy on the right track. the gun issue was not a big deal with him in the beginning. gale marriage was not a big issue, but they have become centerpieces, that's the period he's in at this point. republicans are cooperating to the degree that they appeared to be disorganized enough that he appears to be right on track. >> you know, on that point, in terms of the economy, victoria, the president talking about the budget last...
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and how did that affect the economy? last quarter, the gdp, which measures the economy, fell 0.1%. and 38,000 more people filed jobless claims last week than the week before. this is seersz. the economy is moouing in the right direction. but we can be the take our eye off the ball. we can't just cut, cut, cut. republicans ignore the real impact cuts have on the economy. do they think we wouldn't point it out? nice try, but cut it out because we gotchya. my wife takes centrum silver. i've been on the fence about it. then i read an article about a study that looked at the long term health benefits of taking multivitamins. they used centrum silver for the study... so i guess my wife was right. [ male announcer ] centrum. always your most complete. i got your campbell's chunky soup. mom? who's mom? i'm the giants mascot. the giants don't have a mascot! ohhh! eat up! new jammin jerk chicken soup has tasty pieces of chicken with rice and beans. hmmm. for giant hunger! thanks mom! see ya! whoaa...oops! mom? i'm ok. grandma? hi sweetie! she operates the head. [ male announcer ] campbell's
and how did that affect the economy? last quarter, the gdp, which measures the economy, fell 0.1%. and 38,000 more people filed jobless claims last week than the week before. this is seersz. the economy is moouing in the right direction. but we can be the take our eye off the ball. we can't just cut, cut, cut. republicans ignore the real impact cuts have on the economy. do they think we wouldn't point it out? nice try, but cut it out because we gotchya. my wife takes centrum silver. i've been...
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secondly, they can destabilize the economy. that's what they tried to do for years moving up toward the 2012 election. it didn't work. but i think they might try it again. paul ryan on meet the press last sunday sounded very interesting in letting the sequestration go into effect, which we saw today would have bad effects on the economy. third, in lincoln's phase, they could disenthrall themselves. but when you look at what happened to marco rubio in the last day, senator david vitter of louisiana called him amazingly naive. i think the republican party is trapped between what it has to do to succeed and survive and its tea party elements which are going to ghand purity. >> now when you look at cynthia, the fact that american people say clearly that any number opposed support the president's agenda, 53% support same-sex marriage, 62% support a path to citizenship for immigrants. 80% say climate change is a serious threat. 58% want to see further gun violence-free safety legislation. it seems like the republicans are painting th
secondly, they can destabilize the economy. that's what they tried to do for years moving up toward the 2012 election. it didn't work. but i think they might try it again. paul ryan on meet the press last sunday sounded very interesting in letting the sequestration go into effect, which we saw today would have bad effects on the economy. third, in lincoln's phase, they could disenthrall themselves. but when you look at what happened to marco rubio in the last day, senator david vitter of...
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and so until we get this economy back in shape, it makes no sense to discontinue these benefits. and these benefits are an economic stimulus. these people spend the money. they need to spend the money because they have to live on it. and it's bad idea for human reasons and economic reasons. >> you know, e.j., republicans could ruin holidays for people looking for work. 1.3 million people could lose unemployment benefits in the week between christmas and new year's. if the house republicans refuse to act. last week house democrats called out boehner and the republicans for their heartlessness. let me show you this. >> with just a few weeks left to act, speaker boehner is setting him up to be the speaker who stole christmas. >> for this country, the richest in the world to say to people at christmastime when you look in your christmas sock, you're going to find a lump of coal from the congress. that's wrong. >> i mean, this is a terrible, terrible thing to hold over people's head as we go into the holidays. and others are singing christmas carols and they don't know if they're goin
and so until we get this economy back in shape, it makes no sense to discontinue these benefits. and these benefits are an economic stimulus. these people spend the money. they need to spend the money because they have to live on it. and it's bad idea for human reasons and economic reasons. >> you know, e.j., republicans could ruin holidays for people looking for work. 1.3 million people could lose unemployment benefits in the week between christmas and new year's. if the house...
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people recognize that a wage floor of $7.25 not a very low wage floor in our economy, but very low by measures of other advanced economies is something that is popular because, a, it doesn't have any budgetary implications. and b, it helps working people get reconnected to a growing economy that has largely left them behind. >> you know, you're right. because when you look at the polling, polls show raising minimum wage is really hugely popular. gallup poll found 71% of americans support it, including 75% of moderates, and even 54% of conservatives. and the fight for higher minimum wage goes all the way back to the first march on washington. did you know, jared, the organizers wanted a national minimum wage to, quote, give all americans a decent standard of living. this is in the '63 march. they wanted it to be $2 an hour then. why is the minimum wage such a crucial part in the fight for equality, jared? >> first of all that, would be $10 an hour in today's dollars, adjusting for inflation. because it adjusts the wage floor for so many of the working poor. you know, who has the least
people recognize that a wage floor of $7.25 not a very low wage floor in our economy, but very low by measures of other advanced economies is something that is popular because, a, it doesn't have any budgetary implications. and b, it helps working people get reconnected to a growing economy that has largely left them behind. >> you know, you're right. because when you look at the polling, polls show raising minimum wage is really hugely popular. gallup poll found 71% of americans support...
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. >> threat of obama care continuing to hang over our economy like a wet blanket. >> pulling out any who abuse our military, our vets as pawns in a political game. >> our veterans should be above politics. enough games. >> barack obama is a socialist. he believes in socialism. >> he wants to implement his socialist programs and that's all he knows. >> it's hard not to see the pattern. and that's the real problem hear. it's one thing for sarah palin to have low approval ratings, but the tea party's approval rating is even worse. just 21% nationwide. a record low. and the republican party's approval rating is also at a record low 24%. it's time for the gop to reject palin's brand of extremism instead of copying in. until then, they'll just keep walking and waking up after elections wondering why they're losing. joining me now are joan walsh and cynthia tucker. thank you both for being here. >> thanks, rev. >> good to be here, reverend. >> cynthia, let me go to you first. why won't republicans comparing the debt to slavery when we have gop presidents with a federal debt? >> you know, th
. >> threat of obama care continuing to hang over our economy like a wet blanket. >> pulling out any who abuse our military, our vets as pawns in a political game. >> our veterans should be above politics. enough games. >> barack obama is a socialist. he believes in socialism. >> he wants to implement his socialist programs and that's all he knows. >> it's hard not to see the pattern. and that's the real problem hear. it's one thing for sarah palin to have...
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leadership, republican leadership not to bring to it the floor because job market is stagnant, the economy is hurting, and they're debating rape and abortion. and look, charlie dent is a good guy. but the democratic argument against charlie dent is sure charlie dent is a good guy. but he is going to vote for john boehner for speaker, and they'll control the agenda. so if you get rid of charlie dent, there is a chance we can get a new speaker who won't be bringing things like these. so the republicans don't get it. they should listen to the few people left like charlie dent. >> you know, joan, when you look at the fact that as the governor just quoted charlie dent, this bill that has gone to the floor, they're trying to pull back the sponsor because of his outrageous statement. but they're still dealing with the bill and having congresswoman blackburn manage this bill on the floor. >> right. they've decided that they're going to put a woman's face on the bill. and congresswoman blackburn is no friend of women, reverend al. she recently really embarrassed herself by saying that equal pay is
leadership, republican leadership not to bring to it the floor because job market is stagnant, the economy is hurting, and they're debating rape and abortion. and look, charlie dent is a good guy. but the democratic argument against charlie dent is sure charlie dent is a good guy. but he is going to vote for john boehner for speaker, and they'll control the agenda. so if you get rid of charlie dent, there is a chance we can get a new speaker who won't be bringing things like these. so the...
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the 2013 ram 1500 with best-in-class fuel economy. engineered to move heaven and earth. guts. glory. ram. the new ram 1500. motor trend's 2013 truck of the year. >>> there's one person who's not worth listening to on the situation in syria. former secretary of defense, donald rumsfeld. the man who planned the iraq war. today he had the nerve to criticize president obama. >> the essence of leadership is clarity and a vision. the so-called commander in chief has not been acting as a commander in chief. >> rumsfeld today doubling down on the attacks he made against president obama last night. >> the president is not, in my view, providing the kind of leadership that i think almost any president in my adult lifetime would be providing. now, why do people criticize this? well, you want to blame somebody. if you want to learn how to blame, watch your president. this is one time you'd like to see him suck it up and take responsibility for something. >> take responsibility for something? that's laughable. because rumsfeld never took responsibility for the disaster of the iraq war. >>
the 2013 ram 1500 with best-in-class fuel economy. engineered to move heaven and earth. guts. glory. ram. the new ram 1500. motor trend's 2013 truck of the year. >>> there's one person who's not worth listening to on the situation in syria. former secretary of defense, donald rumsfeld. the man who planned the iraq war. today he had the nerve to criticize president obama. >> the essence of leadership is clarity and a vision. the so-called commander in chief has not been acting as...
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it's such a big part of the economy. if they can control that, they can control most areas of our lives. >> so there is real hard and in my opinion somewhat hysterical in some quarters opposition to obama care? >> absolutely. and they know that time is running out. i mean senator ted cruz has been out there making the argument that time is running out, and this is their last offramp before this kind of takes hold. and i think that that is absolutely true. i mean, everybody kind of misunderstand what's the law will do. nobody is really clear there has been a lot of efforts to make people frightened of it. and for whatever the law's shortcomings, it's also going to do a lot of good things. once people understand how this works, it's going to be a lot tougher to unwind it. so the republicans see this as the 11th hour. if they don't stop it before these exchanges start on the 1st, they're going to have a lot -- you know, it just gets harder and harder from there. >> you know, ray, for all the talk of being fiscally conservat
it's such a big part of the economy. if they can control that, they can control most areas of our lives. >> so there is real hard and in my opinion somewhat hysterical in some quarters opposition to obama care? >> absolutely. and they know that time is running out. i mean senator ted cruz has been out there making the argument that time is running out, and this is their last offramp before this kind of takes hold. and i think that that is absolutely true. i mean, everybody kind of...